Sewing-cabinet.



H. l. LEACH.

SEWING CABINET. APPLlCATlON Hum 0:0.31. 191 r.

1,277,956. PsitentedSept. 3,1918.

WITNESSES [MENTOR 9 ff Emmi;

' By a m. ATTORNEYS.

, UNITED STATES ijgrrizntr OFFIGE.

HORACE JOHN LEAcH, or MOUNT CARMEL, rumors.

sEw'ING-cABI'NET.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, HORACE J. LEACH, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Mount Carmel, in the county of Wabash and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and Improved Sewing-Cabinet, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to cabinets designed for'use especially byseamstresses and has particular reference to a simple and com pactarticle adapted for holding various articles such as tools or suppliesin a readily accessible and secure manner so that any householder canalways know Where to find anything she desires to use, for mending,repairing, etc.

Among the objects of the invention, therefore, is to provide a cabinetadapted to be supported against a wall or upon a suitable base andincluding in its assemblage compartments for needles, pins, thimbles,scissors, yarn, cotton or thread of different characters, buttons, hooksand eyes, etc.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described andclaimed, and While the invention is not restricted to the exact details.of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose ofillustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to theaccompanving drawings, in which like reference characters designate thesame parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a frontelevation, parts being in section and other parts being drawn out tobetter disclose the novel features;

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; and

Figs. 3 and tare plan and side views of one of the supporting feet forthe device when it is to be supported upon a table or the like.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings I show a device adaptedpreferably to bemade of sheet'metal which may be suitably ornamented ordecorated to present an attractive appearance as well as possessingstrong features of utility.

In the form of the invention illustrated I provide three horizontal andtherefore parallel tubular containers 10, 11 and 12, supported byvertical end pieces 13 and I4 whereby the three containers are held 1nrigid relation to one another. The contam- Specification of LettersPatent. Patented Sept. 3,1918

' Application filed December 31, 1917. Serial No. 209,732.

ers 10 and 12 could be described as segments of hollow cylinders or asof cylindrical form with a probable small segment or slice removed fromthe top of each. These containers are closed except for one open endinto or through which a drawer 15 or 16 is projected. The outer end ofeach drawerhas a cap 17' and finger piece 18 for manipulation of thedrawer. The cap constitutes a closure for the containerwhen. the draweris closed. Each of thesedrawers may be partitioned off as indicated at 19 to provideany suitable number of smaller compartments for holdingvarious sizes or types of buttons, snap fasteners, hooks and eyes, orother needful small articles. sectional form of these drawers affordstwo important results or conditions as'follows: From the nature of thearticles designed to be held in the several compartments the The crossrounded bottom makes it exceedingly easy for the small articles to beremoved with ones fingers, a result which could not so easily or readilybe accomplished if the drawers were formed with angles at the bottom.Secondly, the segmental form of the top insures against the rotation ofthe drawers and the spilling of the contents.

The container 11 is designed to accommodate a considerable number ofspools of silk 'or sewing thread, as indicated at 20, the several spoolsshown as slipped upon a spindle 21 fixed to the closed end of thecontainer, while theother end of the spindle is unsupported. A closurecap 22 is adapted to close the container 11 and so prevent the spoolsfrom slipping ofl of the spindle. At-

emu spools or for grasping the loose ends of the thread. The looseends", however, ordinarily hang free below the flaps 23 so that when apiece of thread is desired the seamstress merely grasps the free endthereof and draws out as much as desired, when it may be severed fromthe spool by use of a thread cutter of any desired nature such forexample as the sharpening of one of the free edges of one end piece asat 24. With a thread cutter so arranged outside of the container 11 theend of the thread will dangle somewhat below the opening so as to be inposition to be grasped on the next oocasion. The thread on the spoolswill thus be kept not only in a known position but in a condition mostfavorable for the thread. When a spool is empty it may be removed fromthe free end of the spindle and another spool put in its place, the endof the thread first being loosened so as to be projected through one ofthe openings beneath the flap 23. The cap 22 will then be replaced.

Above the central portion of the con tainer 10 is arranged a sort ofopen arch structure 25 serving a number of different functions asfollows: The top thereof supports a pin and needle cushion 26, beneathwhich is fixed a hook 27 for a button hook or other device. The sides ofthe arch 25 on opposite sides of the cushion 26 are provided with aplurality of holes 28 for supporting thimbles or the like. Beneath thearch is arranged a tray 29 which may contain an. oil can or implementscommonly used around a sewing machine, such as a screw driver, wrench orthe like. The needle cushion includes inner and outer collars 30 and 31,the inner collar being fixed to the top portion of the arch and is thusadapted to pernianently hold a supply of saw dust, ground cork or thelike, indicated at 32 over which one or more plies of fabric are adaptedto be stretched and removably clamped in place by means of the outerremovable col lar 31 so that if the fabric becomes faded. soiled, orworn, it may be easily replaced by another without disturbing the tiller32 of the cushion.

In connection with the arch structure I call attention at this time tothe rear bracket 3%, the upper end of which is fixed to the top of thearch while the lower end of the bracket is fixed at 35 to the lowermostcontainer 12. This bracket is slotted from the bottom up to a pointadjacent to the top for cooperation with a plurality of fixed fastenerssuch as screws 36 whereby the cabinet may be secured in reliableposition against a wall and so will occupy a relatively small amount ofspace and in a position not likely to be disturbed, although it may beeasily removed from its supporting screws by simply lifting it therefromwhen desired.

As an alternative means for supporting the cabinet I may employ a pairof feet such as indicated in Figs. 3 and A, each comprising a verticalweb 37 having a central keeper 38 into which the lower end 39 of eachend piece 13 or 14% may be slipped, and each having its ends turned overat A0 in order to make a more stable support for the cabinet and reducethe likelihood of scratching or marring the table. The action of thesealternative supporting means is indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and2.

At the top of the cabinet and on each side of the arch are arrangedother containers s1 and 4-2 each having a lid 43. These containers maybe employed for holding such commodities as crochet thread and darningcotton.

In front of the containers 41 and 42 are secured a pair of scissorsholders 44, shown as two in number each in the nature of a.

slender funnel and arranged in an inclined position so that the scissorswill not be likely to drop therefrom.

1 claim:

1. The herein described sewing cabinet comprising a plurality ofhorizontal parallel tubular containers, vertical end pieces supportingthe containers, at least one of the containers having a slidable drawerfor containing small articles in dust-proof condition, said drawerhaving a rounded bottom and so shaped as to be held from rotation, andanother of the containers being adapted to contain a series of spools ofthread, and means to support the device in erect position.

The herein described sewing cabinet comprising a plurality of horizontalparallel containers, vertical. end pieces connected to and supportingthe containers, one of said containers having a longitudinal centralspindle fixed at one end and free at the other for slidably supporting aseries of spools, a closure for the end of the container adjacent to thefree end of the spin dle, and an opening through at least one side ofthe container through which the thread may be inspected and manipulated.

3. The herein described sewing cabinet comprising a plurality ofparallel horizontal tubular containers each having an end closure, othercontainers above the first mentioned containers and adapted to containdarning cotton, crochet thread or the like, and a plurality of scissorsholders in the nature of slender funnels secured in inclined position infront of the last mentioned containers. substantially as set forth.

HORACE JOHN LEACH.

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